mike barnicle still with us. steven rattner still with us. joins us from the white house, nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >> the more things change, the more they stay the same. another administration, another war, another woodward book and tales of infighting all over the place. >> i don't know what you're talking about. think obey want can't nobody by, the response from the white house, there's nothing to see here. these aren't the disagreements you're looking for. the senior administration officials put out very lengthy response to the woodward book this morning. and their buckback on this is this, hey, there's been policy disagreements. everybody knew that at the time there was a disagreement, particularly between biden and gates, for instance, between the military side essentially and the diplomatic side. and it's also not news that ambassador holbrook e is someboy that rubbed people the wrong way. they look at it as the president is somebody who wants people around the table with different ops